College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Department of Chemistry

ISU Chemistry Faculty In Alphabetical Order

Name Research Area(s)
Andreja Bakac Oxygen Activation, Transition Metal Catalysts, Kinetics and Mechanisms
Thomas Barton Organosilicon Chemistry
Joseph Burnett General, Analytical, Physical Chemistry
John Corbett Inorganic Solid State Chemistry
Ning Fang Single Molecule and Single Cell Studies
Mark Gordon Theoretical and Computational Chemistry
Thomas Greenbowe Chemical Education Research, Curriculum Development and Chemistry Instructor Training
Andrew Hillier Electrochemistry, Scanning Probe Microscropy, Surface and Colloid Chemistry
David Hoffman Physical Chemistry
Mei Hong Biophysical chemistry, protein structure, solid-state NMR
Robert Houk Inorganic Mass Spectrometry, ICP-MS, Biological Mass Spectrometry, Forensic Chemistry
Malika Jeffries-EL Organic Chemistry, Polymer Chemistry (Conducting Polymers)
William Jenks Organic Photochemistry, Organosulfur Chemistry, Environmental Photochemistry
Jesudoss Kingston General Chemistry, Organometallics - Synthesis and Catalysis
George Kraus Organic Synthesis and New Synthetic Methodology, Bioagricultural Chemistry, Green Chemistry
Richard Larock Organometallic Chemistry, Synthetic Methodology, Heterocycles, Bioplastics from Soybean/Corn Oils
Young Jin Lee Biological Mass Spectrometry
Victor Lin Nanomaterials, Synthesis and Characterization
Gordon Miller Theoretical and Experimental Aspects of Solid State Inorganic Chemistry
Jacob Petrich Ultrafast spectroscopy of biophysical systems and solvation processes. Applications of light to food safety and human health
Nicola Pohl Organic Synthesis, Analytical Techniques, and Chemical Biology
Marek Pruski Materials Chemistry and Solid State NMR
Aaron Sadow Organometallic Chemistry and Asymmetric Catalysis
Klaus Schmidt-Rohr Solid State NMR Methods, Applications to Nanomaterials and Humic Substances
Emily Smith Bioanalytical, Fluorescence and Chemical Imaging
Xueyu Song Theoretical and Computational Chemistry
Hans Stauffer Ultrafast Laser Chemistry
Patricia Thiel Surface Chemistry, Metal Thin Films and Nanoparticles, Properties of Structurally-complex Alloy Surfaces
Walter Trahanovsky Pyrolysis of Organic Compounds, Applications in Coal and Biomass
John Verkade Promoting Organic Transformations with New Phosphorus-based Lewis Base and Aluminum-based Lewis Acid "Football" Catalysts
Theresa Windus Theoretical and Computational Chemistry
Keith Woo Metalloporphyrin Catalyzed Chemistry, Atom Transfer, Metal-ligand Binding
Edward Yeung Analytical Spectroscopy, Analytical Separations, Single Molecule and Single Cell Studies
Yan Zhao Organic, Supramolecular, Biomimetic and Materials Chemistry

Lecturer

Name Research Area(s)
Joseph Burnett General Chemistry
Jesudoss Kingston General Chemistry, Organometallics - Synthesis and Catalysis

Senior Staff Associated Primarily with Other Departments Faculty

Name Research Area(s)
Yeon Kyun Shin Mechanisms of Transmembrane Signaling, EPR Methods

Emeritus and Retired Professors

Name Research Area(s)
Robert Angelici Organometallic Chemistry, Catalysis on Gold Metal, Biodiesel Conversions
James Espenson Transition metal catalysts, Mechanisms & Applications
Hugo Franzen High Temperature Solid State Chemistry
James Fritz Analytical Separations
Bernard Gerstein Nuclear Magnetic Resonance and Effective Teaching
Robert Jacobson X-Ray Crystallography, Molecular Machanics Methods
Dennis Johnson Electrochemistry
Robert McCarley
Klaus Ruedenberg Quantum Chemistry
Martha Russell General & Organic Chemistry
Kathleen Trahanovsky General & Organic Chemistry